The uneasy coexistence between Carpet Pythons and Cane Toads

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory P. Brown ◽  
Jeremy Hemphill ◽  
Richard Shine
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Prey Type ◽  
Direct Costs ◽  
Cane Toad ◽  
Predator Species ◽  
Indirect Benefits ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Monitor Lizards ◽  
A Site ◽  
Free Ranging

We describe a case of a free-ranging Carpet Python Morelia spilota consuming a toxic Cane Toad Rhinella marina, and dying as a result. Such an encounter would not be surprising at the toad invasion front, where predators first confront this novel prey type. However, the encounter we describe occurred at a site near Darwin where toads have been present for fifteen years. Other reports suggest that the behaviour we observed occurs across the snake’s range. Lethal ingestion of toads has been suggested to threaten the viability of populations of Carpet Pythons, but paradoxically, our surveys at this site reveal a twofold increase in abundance of Carpet Pythons since the arrival of toads. Toad invasion likely has favoured pythons by reducing the abundance of large monitor lizards, that are both predators and competitors of Carpet Pythons. That advantage has outweighed occasional cases where a snake is fatally poisoned by consuming a toad. Thus, the overall impact of Cane Toads on Carpet Pythons (and likely, other predator species) is a balance between direct costs and indirect benefits. Negative impacts on individuals may not necessarily translate to a negative impact on the species.

Pengembangan Dan Pengelolaan Pasar : Study Kasus Pasar Raya Padang

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
mulyadi
Keyword(s):  
Small Businesses ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Formal Sector ◽  
Public Facilities ◽  
Market Management ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
A Site ◽  
Operational Aspect ◽  
Opposing Effect ◽  
Made In

Pasar Raya Padang as well as elsewhere is a site of transactions between sellers (supply) and buyers (demand). Market Management Raya be vested. in the OffIce of Market, in this case the development efforts and market development by prividing opportunities for small businesses (community) to participate, using public facilities (public) as a pIace of business they hope one or two years they (the informal sector) will be able to enter into the formal sector. This incident created where the market as-center of community interaction and development centers and growth. becomes chaotic and disorganized. Office market as an organization that is authoized to regulate and develop the market must necessarily formulate changes they will execute. Changes made should be realized as a whole and not one part of it that is in a sense made in the strategic and operational aspect. A prosses of change always brings two opposing effect of positive and negative impacts. Both of these effects dependscompletely on the formulation of the vision of the changes that are formulated and if accuracy is not effective formulation it is possible that there will be negative impact or unwanted changes. Errors may occur in the formulation stage of the vision of change, but when did the breakdown error or inaccuracy vision statement will appear and then be able to make corrections

Impact of a toxic invasive species on freshwater crocodile (Crocodylus johnstoni) populations in upstream escarpments

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam R. C. Britton ◽  
Erin K. Britton ◽  
Clive R. McMahon
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Survey Methods ◽  
Cane Toad ◽  
Predator Species ◽  
Bite Marks ◽  
Crocodylus Johnstoni ◽  
Freshwater Crocodile ◽  
Conservation Concern ◽  
Local Extirpation ◽  
The Impact

Context Spread of the invasive cane toad (Rhinella marina) across northern Australia is of concern. Predator species, including the freshwater crocodile (Crocodylus johnstoni), are susceptible to cane toad toxins when ingested. Upstream populations of freshwater crocodiles are smaller than downstream counterparts because of limited resources. We measured the impact of cane toad arrival on densities of these upstream populations. Aims Our aim was to determine whether the influx of cane toads had a negative impact on populations of upstream ‘stunted’ freshwater crocodiles. Methods Population surveys for crocodiles were conducted in three upstream creek systems, using day- and night-based survey methods, before the arrival of cane toads in the area. These surveys were repeated under similar conditions following the arrival of cane toads, to compare the distribution and densities of freshwater crocodiles and, hence, measure the impact of cane toads. Key results There were significant declines in crocodile density at two survey sites following the arrival of cane toads, and we found dead crocodiles and cane toad carcasses with crocodile bite marks. The third site showed no change in density. There was a decline in mean density across all sites from 3.0 crocodiles km–1 to 1.1 crocodiles km–1 following the arrival of cane toads. Conclusions There was an overall decrease in crocodile densities and a reduction in distribution following the arrival of cane toads into the survey area. Dead crocodiles and evidence of their having eaten cane toads strongly suggest that these declines were caused directly by the arrival of cane toads into the area. One site showed no apparent change other than an increase in wariness, which may reflect the distribution of available feeding and shelter resources among the three sites. Implications These results suggest that upstream freshwater crocodile populations are highly susceptible to cane toad toxins, and that impacts on their population can include local extirpation. Considering their morphological and possibly genetic distinctiveness, the loss of these unique populations is of conservation concern.

scholarly journals Examining social determinants by locale to inform community linkages

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
J Davis
Keyword(s):  
Social Determinants ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Rank Order ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Behavioral Risk ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Frequency Distributions ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Negative Impacts

Abstract Achieving a long-lasting impact on health outcomes requires focus not just on patient care, but also on community approaches aimed at improving population health through addressing gaps in Social Determinants of Health (SDOH). SDOH have been found to disproportionately affect those in low-income brackets and the disabled to varying degrees based on locale. The purpose of this exploratory research was to determine 1) which SDOH have the greatest negative impact on disabled and elderly populations within four targeted states (Iowa, Ohio, Minnesota, Wisconsin) and 2) if there is a difference in negative SDOH impact between metro and non-metro locales. Individual-level data were obtained from disabled persons aged 65 years or older who responded to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 2017 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey. Utilizing these data, frequency distributions were obtained using SPSS. Rank order variation in SDOH was observed among four Midwestern states and between metro vs. non-metro geographic regions. Frequency distributions assisted in identifying the greatest negative impacting SDOH on elderly disabled populations. An examination of the rank order tables allowed the investigator to accurately assess the rank of negative impacts. There were variabilities in responses to questions with moving two or more times within 12 months having the lowest negative impact. When regrouped based upon SDOH negative impacts, were you able to pay your bills was the most frequent SDOH across all states. Feeling unsafe or extremely unsafe in your neighborhood was the highest negatively impacted SDOH within states. Cited determinants in three categories were highest in Ohio. Ohio also had the highest proportion of negatively impacted SDOH across all states. No money for balanced meals was a close second SDOH across states. Key messages Social Determinants Impacting Elderly Disabled. Impact of Social Determinants by Geography.

“Caring for the Elderly is Very Difficult”: Challenges and Coping Strategies of Caregivers in Urban Poor Accra, Ghana

2020 ◽  
pp. 105477382098230
Author(s):  
Frank Kyei-Arthur ◽  
Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Family Caregiving ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Care Recipients ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
And Coping

This study is part of a broader phenomenological study on the experiences of family caregivers and their care recipients. There is a general paucity of research on the experiences of primary and secondary caregivers, and the negative impact of elderly care on caregivers in the urban poor settings in Ghana. This study explored primary and secondary caregivers’ challenges and coping strategies in the urban poor context in Accra, Ghana. This study was conducted in Ga Mashie. Thirty-one caregivers were interviewed. A phenomenological analysis was conducted using NVivo 10. Primary and secondary caregivers experienced economic, physical, social, and psychological burdens. Also, caregivers used spirituality and perseverance to cope with their challenges. The findings demonstrate that caregivers’ challenges varied by type of caregiver. Researchers and policymakers should consider the type of caregiver when designing interventions to mitigate the negative impacts of family caregiving on caregivers.

scholarly journals Age Variations in Perceived COVID-19 Threats, Negative Impacts, and Associations with Well-Being

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 933-933
Author(s):  
Tara Gruenewald ◽  
Anthony Ong ◽  
Danielle Zahn
Keyword(s):  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Disease Severity ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Poor Sleep ◽  
Older Individuals ◽  
Poor Sleep Quality ◽  
Age Variations ◽  
Age Variation ◽  
Negative Impacts

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic represents an unprecedented threat to individual and public health, psychosocial, and economic well-being, although COVID-19 threats and impacts may vary by age and other demographic characteristics. Although greater age is a risk factor for greater COVID-19 disease severity, we know little about the association between age and perceived and experienced COVID-19 threats and their association to well-being. These associations were examined in an ongoing 3-wave investigation of over 1,700 U.S. adults (age 18-89; 53.1% female). Wave 1 analyses indicate no significant age variation in perceived threat of COVID-19 infection, with older and younger individuals reporting similar levels of COVID-19 infection threat. However, greater age was associated with lower perceived negative impact on financial and needed resources (r=-.10**), lower perceptions of COVID-19 induced harm to mental well-being (r=-.17**), and more favorable well-being profiles. Greater perceived COVID-19 threat and negative impact on resources and well-being were linked to greater feelings of stress (β’s=.45 to .68***), loneliness (β’s=.24 to .49***), social well-being (β’s=-.19 to -.36***), and poor sleep quality (β’s=.34 to .51***). These associations did not vary with age with the exception that older individuals showed stronger links between COVID-19 threat and impacts and poorer sleep quality. Ongoing analyses are examining whether these associations persist over time. Despite older adults’ greater risk of COVID-19 disease severity and mortality, older age did not appear to be linked to greater perceived COVID-19 threat or impacts, nor linkages to ill-being, with the possible exception of potential greater vulnerability to poor sleep quality.

scholarly journals Please Like Me: Ingratiation as a Moderator of the Impact of the Perception of Organizational Politics on Job Satisfaction

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (14) ◽  
pp. 7455
Author(s):  
Triana Fitriastuti ◽  
Pipiet Larasatie ◽  
Alex Vanderstraeten
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Adaptive Strategy ◽  
Organizational Politics ◽  
Organizational Outcomes ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Moderator Variable ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Perception Of Organizational Politics ◽  
The Impact

Drawing from the negative impacts of the perception of organizational politics (POP) on the literature on organizational outcomes, the model proposed in this study examines a nonlinear relationship of POP on job satisfaction. In a similar way, ingratiation as a moderator variable is tested. Based on a survey of 240 state-owned enterprise employees in Indonesia, this study finds that POP exhibits an inverted U-shaped relationship with job satisfaction. Low and high levels of POP have a negative impact on job satisfaction. Nevertheless, our most intriguing finding is that ingratiation behavior not only strengthens POP’s effects on job satisfaction, but can also alter the direction of the relationship in which its shape is represented by a U-shape. This shape indicates that the employees who engage in high levels of ingratiation as a coping mechanism and adaptive strategy tend to do so when they perceive high degrees of POP. These results are then discussed from a cross-cultural perspective as an attempt to explain the legitimacy of ingratiation in Indonesia.

scholarly journals Predicting the potential distribution of the vase tunicate Ciona intestinalis in Canadian waters: informing a risk assessment

2008 ◽  
Vol 65 (5) ◽  
pp. 788-794 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas W. Therriault ◽  
Leif-Matthias Herborg
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Native Species ◽  
Potential Distribution ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Ciona Intestinalis ◽  
Environmental Niche ◽  
Environmental Models ◽  
Introduced Range ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Almost All

Abstract Therriault, T. W., and Herborg, L-M. 2008. Predicting the potential distribution of the vase tunicate Ciona intestinalis in Canadian waters: informing a risk assessment. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 65: 788–794. A crucial step in characterizing the potential risk posed by non-native species is determining whether a potential invader can establish in the introduced range and what its potential distribution could be. To this end, various environmental models ranging from simple to complex have been applied to predict the potential distribution of an invader, with varying levels of success. Recently, in marine waters, tunicates have received much attention, largely because of their negative impacts on shellfish aquaculture. One of these species is the vase tunicate Ciona intestinalis, which recently has had a negative impact on aquaculture operations in Atlantic Canada and could pose a risk in Pacific Canada. To inform the risk assessment of this species, we evaluated two different types of environmental model. Simple models based on reported temperature or salinity tolerances were relatively uninformative, because almost all waters were deemed suitable. In contrast, a more complex genetic algorithm for rule-set prediction (GARP) environmental niche model, based on documented Canadian occurrence points, provided informative projections of the potential distribution in Canadian waters. In addition to informing risk assessments, these predictions can be used to focus monitoring activities, particularly towards vectors that could transport C. intestinalis to these favourable environments.

ASSESSMENT OF WOODEN BUILDINGS IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION WASTE GENERATION

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcela Spišáková ◽  
Mária Kozlovská ◽  
Jozef Švajlenka
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Environmental Parameters ◽  
Constructional Material ◽  
Waste Generation ◽  
Construction Waste ◽  
Construction Market ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Wooden Structures

Construction industry creates an environment for people's lives. On the other hand, construction activities have a negative impact on various aspects of the environment. It consumes natural raw materials, significantly contributes to carbon footprint, waste, etc. Appropriate choice of constructional, material, technical, technological and environmental parameters of buildings can partially reduce this negative impacts. By designing, implementing and using wood-based constructions it is possible to reduce the negative impact in the area of construction waste generation. Currently, the construction market offers a large number of construction systems of wooden buildings, which have both strengths and weaknesses. In this paper are identified construction systems of wooden buildings offered on the Slovak construction market. The aim of the paper is a detailed identification of construction waste generation during the realization of particular wooden structures and monitoring of waste generation in production factory (off site) and on construction site (on site) during the construction of wooden buildings. Based on the obtained information, the individual construction systems of wood-based constructions are compared in terms of construction waste generation

Drivers of Consumer Staying Intention Towards Islamic Green Hotel Industry: Evidence from Quantitative Findings

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Aflah Isa ◽  
Ain Syarmimi Mohd. Yusuf ◽  
Razifah Othman ◽  
Fairuz Husna Mohd Yusof ◽  
Nurhafizah Azizan
Keyword(s):  
Research Study ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Hotel Industry ◽  
Price Fairness ◽  
Green Consumption ◽  
Green Hotel ◽  
The Holy Quran ◽  
Solid Waste Generation ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Green Hotels

  Insight Journal Vol. 7 DOI: 10.24191/ij.v7i1.58 This research study is endeavoured to discover the factors that will lead the consumers’ staying intention at green hotels, especially of those who practise the Shariah Law (Islamic green hotels). Nowadays, there has been an increase in public concern regarding environmental issues. Consumers are more environmentally aware than they were in past decades. Hotels are among the largest contributors of energy consumers in the tertiary building sector, which contribute to some negative impacts to the earth at the same time. The most obvious negative impact of hotels on environment are solid waste generation and disposal. Therefore, numerous consumers are supportive of green consumption and consider it as a successful method to protect the environment. In Islamic green hotels, Muslim-friendly amenities have also been provided to protect Muslims travellers’ welfare that is by providing them a comfortable prayer room, the Holy Quran and Islamic practices booklets, prayer mats and a direction of Qibla. A set of questionnaires was distributed to 256 respondents among the community and tourists in Kuching, Sarawak. The dependent variable in this study was consumers’ staying intention while the independent variables were green image, green satisfaction, Muslim amenities and lifestyle and price fairness. This research study also made use of the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software to analyse the result based on the questionnaires distributed to the respondents. Based on the result of analysis, it is shown that the green image and green satisfaction were found of having a positive significant that influence the consumers’ staying intention at the Islamic green hotels. Besides that, Muslim amenities and lifestyle was also found to have a positive significant impact that influences the consumers’ staying intention. Most Muslims were likely to choose a destination with Islamic practice to fulfil their daily duties. However, green price fairness did not significantly influence the consumers’ staying intention. This is because if green image, green satisfaction, Muslim amenities, and lifestyle meet the requirements of the Muslim tourists, they would not be affected by the price. As a matter of fact, price may be the least factor of consideration by the tourists in choosing a hotel to stay.

scholarly journals Penyuluhan Tentang Bahaya Penyalahgunaan Narkotik, Psikotropika dan Zat Aditif Bagi Siswa Siswi SMA dan SMK Mutiara 17 Agustus

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dwitiyanti Dwitiyanti ◽  
Kriana Efendi ◽  
Supandi Supandi
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Community Services ◽  
School Students ◽  
Self Defense ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Harmful Effects

<p>The community services which was carried out entitled "<strong> </strong>Counseling About The Danger Of Narkotic, Psychotropics and Aditive Subtance Abuse For High School Students Mutiara 17 Augustus", aimed to increase students' knowledge and awareness of negative impact of drug abuse and to direct teenagers to channel energy in positive activities, as well as raising awareness raising and establishing self-defense against the dangers posed by drug abuse. The targets achieved were improving understanding and providing information regarding the use, dangers and impacts of drug abuse. Method of implementation of Empowerment Activities and Community Service to partners in the form of mapping of students by way of data the number of students, gender, age, hobbies, smoking/not. The counseling was done by describing psychotropic narcotic drugs and other additives, negative impacts of drug abuse, discussion and questioning, distribution of leaflets aware of drug abuse and evaluation. The result of this dedication shows the students have an increased understanding compared to before being given counseling about the drug and its harmful effects, thereby increasing students' awareness of the impact that can be generated.</p>

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